Missing XML Validation in Apache Xerces2
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 13, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Mar 5, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 23, 2013
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 13, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 8, 2022
Last updated
Mar 5, 2024
Credits
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MarkLee131 Analyst
XMLscanner.java in Apache Xerces2 Java Parser before 2.12.0, as used in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in IBM Java 5.0 before 5.0 SR16-FP3, 6 before 6 SR14, 6.0.1 before 6.0.1 SR6, and 7 before 7 SR5 as well as Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, JRockit R28.2.8 and earlier, JRockit R27.7.6 and earlier, Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XML attribute names.
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